Shoe-shank.



E. B. STIMPSON. suoi SHANK.' APPucAridN mail) lumi a. 89m.

Patented m1121916.

ATTORNEY.

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Applieation lec .llene 8, 191e.

Be it known that i'. lnwix BALL SNMP- SON, a citizen of the United States, at fliroolrlyn, in the eonnty of Kings and State of New York7 have invented certain new and nsefnl improvements in Shoecation.

This invention relates to shoes, and partienlarly to a` new and neefnl eonstrnetiim of shoe sha nl; for sti tleningl the arched inner and outer sole portions ot' a shoe7 and in the relation ol such shank to the inner and outer nolo and heel. These Shanks are usually secured at their forward ends to one or the other ot' `the two soles between which they lie.- Usually holes are formed in the end of thev Shank and lrivets, or the like fastening members are driven through the two soles and the shank. The diflienltv is in locating the holes with the rivet or nail.

It is one of the objects of my invention to overcome this prac-tival diiienlty b v makingy the forward end oi. the Shank ot' softer metal than the rest ot' the shanln` so that a nail or fastening device may `be driven through at any point" in the so't metal portion, without the necessity oil' previonslv providing an (mening` therein. This i may accomplish 'for instance by annealingl the forward end of the usual steel shank, so as to make the. forward end soft.

:inother object of the invention is to prof vide, the rear end ot the shank with means tor attaehing` it to the heel and also fory predeterminedlyY fixing 'the relation of the shank to the heel.

Another object oit the invention is to--provide a cap for the'iorward end of the shoe within which the end of the shank .is longi tndinally slidable, the said eap being pro- .videcl with a forward extension through whieh the fastening means is yto be driven.

lllan)y other advantages ol the invention will appear from a efnisideration ot' the tollowingf deSoription thereof.

l'fn the accompanying' dra wings', which are to be vtaken aS a part oi this speeiimition, and in which I haveehowu an embodiment of the invention as at present preferred, Figure 1 is an elevation partlyaln'oken away residing Shanks, ot which the followingis a speeili-- www Patent Patented t2,

Serial. No. 343,?63.,

and partly in seotiom showing the application of my invention to an ordinary shoe; Fig. Q 1s a detail side view of the shank with its eap; Fig. 3 is a plan of the same; and Fig. L 1s ay section on the linea-t of Fig. 2.

Feferring;M to the numerals on the drawings. 6 and 7 indicate inner and outer arched sole portions of a shoe., and between them. appears a shank tl. arehed to correspond. and having' generally Hat Pazos The rear end ot the shanlt in binrrated. as :shown in Fig. ll, and between the hitnrcatimis there is a downwardliV extenz'liingr portion The hit'nr ated portions of the shank are toured to the upper l'aee olE a heel l1, while the downwardly extendingr portionf) contacts with the forward faire lQoi the heel. and prede'- temiines, by its arrangement with eheh' face. l2. the relation of the shank to the heel. Fnrthermm'e. b v this arrangement the fastening oiI the shank tothe heel is made very mnrli, stronger. as will he obvious. and it insures that the ilfm'ward end ot the ahanli. which is prem'abliY to he fastened between the inner and older soles. and to one or both ot' them. will have a predeterniined position.

ifi indicates a rap i'or the forward end of the shank, which may he made olvl a generally flat pieve ot' metal having itssides 1G bent over so as to inelose the forward `end of the shank. The bent portions .l5 are provided with depressions lllwhieh serve to limit the forward sliding' movement of the end of the shank within the rap. and preferably there is provided a forward extension li' on the nap. It heine` nndershiod that the cap is made oi: softer metal than the shank. it will be evident that when the shank has been fastened to the heel. the eap il may he pnt over the forward end of the shank and inlserted therewith between the inner and outer soles` until the capped end ol the shank' reaches the position .shown in Fie'. 1.- while the heel takes the position which il oeenpies in that figure. driven` through the soles and through the extension 17 ofthe cap. in order to hold the lat-ter in place. It the shank is flexed in walking, the forward end of the shank ma)v slide back and forth within the rap, to

A. rivet or fastener is nowment, said bottom wall having un integr-nl 10 orwuid extension.

In testimony whereof I nllx my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

, EDWIN l, "TIMPSON.

Witnesses A HELEN V. l `i'iziwrnic1, MARY H. Licwis. 

